Belt-hook



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APPLICATION men SEPT-23.1917.

'1 3 1 3,8 1 8 Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- JOHN M. HARMONY, OF DES ABG, BELT-HOOK.

1,313,818. peoiilcation of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 19, 1919,

Application filed September 21, 1917. Serial No. 192,507.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN M. HARMONY, a citizen of the United States, residin at Des Arc, in the county of Prairie and tate of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an attachment for trousers and the primary object of the invention is to provide an improved means for engaging the belt to prevent the same from riding upward and thus carrying the belt buckle from out of engagement with the front upper portion of the trousers.

A further object of this invention is to provide a hook secured to the trousers adjacent the upper front portion thereof for engagin the belt adj aoent the buckle for holding t e buckle in engagement with the trousers.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device for engagin the belt of the above character, which is en urable and efficient in use, one that is'simple and easy to manufacture, and one that can be placed upon the market at a reasonable price.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, .forming a part thereof in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a pair of trousers showing the improved book attached thereto and engaging a belt Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the improved hook attached to a pair of trousers,

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the upper portion of a pair of trousers and belt showing the hook attached thereto and engaging the belt,

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the improved hook attached to a pair of trousers, and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the improved hook before the same is bent.

Referring to the drawing in detail, where in similar reference numerals designate cor responding parts throughout the several views the numeral 1 generally indicates the improved hook which is adapted to be so pared i posltien ear the 1 9 edge 9f the trousers and adjacent to the closure flap 3 and is adapted to engage the belt 4 adjacent to the buckle 5 thereof to prevent the same from riding or slipping off of the upper front edge of the trousers.

The improved hook 1 is preferably formed of metal such as brass, nickel, bronze, etc, and can be made ornamental if so .desired or else the same can be covered with cloth similar to which the trousers are made of. The hook 1 is stamped from a blank 6 as clearly shown in Fig. 5 and the same is bifurcated as at 7 adjacent one end thereof to provide a pair of spaced parallel arranged arms 8. The edges of the slot 7 diverge outwardly toward the free ends of the arms and the outer edges of the arms are beveled inwardly as at 9 to provide a pair of penetratlng prongs by means of which the improved hook is secured in position on the trousers. The blank is bent along the lines 10 which defines the arms 8 which are extended through the cloth of the trousers adjacent to the top thereof and the sharpened edges of the prongs 9 of the arms 8 are bent inwardly as at 11 and downwardly as at 12 by some suitable instrument, so as to firmly anchor the hook in place. The body of the blank 6 is bent upwardly as at 11, so as to lie arallel and in close relation to the cloth 0 the trousers. The blank is then bent along the lines 13 and bent downwardly in spaced parallel relation with the upwardly extended portion 11". The downwardly extending portion forms a retaining plate 14 for receiving the belt 4 thereunder and thus the same prerents the belt from riding upwardly. The

retaining plate 14 is gradually ta ered downwardly so as to provide a re uced tongue whereby the belt can be easily slipped under the same. The extreme lower edge of the retaining plate 14 is preferabl rounded as at 15 and the same can be slig tly flared upward, so as to facilitate the positioning of the belt thereunder.

From the foregoing description it can be seen a simple device is formed which can be readily attached to the trousers, and will efliciently prevent the belt buckle from sliding off the front edge of the trousers and eliminate the inconvenience associated therewith.

In practice, I have found that the form of my invention illustrated in the accompanyi s dmvmgs and reten' w m t e a e description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most eflicient and practical; yet realizing the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of arts may be resorted to, when required without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as set forth.

in What I claim as new is:

In a device of the class described, a hook formed of a single blank of sheet metal having one end thereof bifurcated to form a pair of penetrating prongs, said prongs being bent back upon the body plate in spaced parallel relation thereto, and a tongue formed on the opposite end of said body plate and bent back upon the same in opposite directions to the retaining pron s in spaced parallel relation to the body p ate, said tongue bein adapted to receive and hold the supporting belt carried by said trousers, as and fbr the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 25 in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. HARMONY. Witnesses:

Gno. CRAIG, W. J. OAsxnY.

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